Vishnu Kshetri
On 20th August, Saturday, Bhaskar, Vishnu, Niraj, Anjana, Shreeniwas, Siddhi, Binay Muna (Mrs Sharma) and Shyam (friend of Vishnu) gathered at the office by 6:15 AM. Some of them were busy preparing coffee to welcome other fellow members. After taking refreshing hot sip of coffee, all of us kicked off with enthusiasm to start the journey. Microbus left the office at 7: 00 and we reached the spot at 7:30 AM. We were welcomed by two sentries at the entrance gate. We bought the tickets and commenced our hiking inside Nagarjuna wood. Very soon, a gradual stiff climb began, which lasted half an hour. That was followed by slanting trails for next 30 minutes. After a while we found a place like a park covered with soothing green grasses and surrounded by forest with different fauna. But Southern part was opened, which clearly showed clustered building of Kathmandu valley. We rested for a while enjoying by munching away the snacks-chocolate, yak cheese, biscuit etc. to keep our stamina to continue for rest of our journey. We proceed towards a Buddhist stupa that was in our vision from our breakfast spot. We reached at the place within an hour. At the top of this hill we came across a tower, stupa, and monks’ study house that was built by Tamang Society of Taplejung. The ascend of tower had a room for 6 to7 people. There was a veranda out side the room also, where some of us were enjoying charming beauty of nature. To add joy to our enjoyable trip Anjana and Shyam started to sing and Muna joined the duo. Anjana suggested to dance and other members followed it up. Bhaskar danced superbly and Anjana revealed out to be a good singer. The excursion lasted for 4 hours and approximately covered 13 kilo meters (8.1 miles). It was a memorable journey to be cherished. Appreciation should be given to Bhaskar for suggesting the route and Anjana for making it lively and others for forming the gorgeous team. Enjoy the photographs from the trip.
